title: Chromatographic separation of recombinant human erythropoietin isoforms.
abstract: Erythropoietin (EPO) is the main regulator of erythropoiesis. The human glycoprotein hormone is heterogeneous when analyzed by isoelectric focusing (IEF). We investigated the possibility of fractionating EPO isoforms using different chromatographic methods. A recombinant human EPO (rhEPO) was obtained from the culture supernatants of a human B-lymphoblastoid cell line transfected by the human EPO gene. Highly purified rhEPO preparations were obtained by immunoaffinity purification. More than fourteen isoforms were observed after IEF. Among the different methods developed for isoform fractionation, the most reproducible results were obtained by DEAE-Sephacel chromatography. Seven fractions of decreasing isoelectric point (pI) were obtained. The specific activity of these fractions measured by an immunoradiometric assay was not equally distributed.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gokana
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Winchenne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben-Ghanem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahaded
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cartron
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lambin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods*; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose / Q000379:methods*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing / Q000379:methods*; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D051379:Mice; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin